Rijeka City Council
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Rijeka City Council Gradsko vijeće grada Rijeke | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | Andrej Poropat, HNS |
Deputy Speakers | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 37 |
![Distribution of seats in the City Council for each political group [2]](/wiki/File:Rijeka_city_council_09_05_2017.png) | |
Political groups | Government (19)[1]
Opposition (18) |
| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation D'hondt method See Elections in Croatia | |
Last election | 21 May 2017 |
Next election | Next |
| Website | |
| www.rijeka.hr | |
The Rijeka City Council is the legislative body of the city of Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. It is the local self-government representative body of the citizens of the city of Rijeka. in accordance with the Constitution, law and the Statute of the City of Rijeka.
The City Council has 37 members who were elected by universal suffrage and secret ballot for a term of four years. The elections for the present constitution of the Rijeka City Council were held on Sunday, 21 May 2017. The constituting session of the Rijeka City Council was held on 20 June 2017.[3]
The City Council has its president and two vice presidents elected by a majority of the vote of all councilors of the City Council elected from among its membership. One vice president is elected from among the members of national minorities.
City Council sessions are public.[4]
References
- ^ "Rezultati izbora za gradonačelnika Grada Rijeke – Vojko Obersnel ponovno izabran za gradonačelnika Rijeke". rijeka.hr. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
- ^ https://www.rijeka.hr/en/city-government/city-council/sastav-gradskog-vijeca-2017-2021/
- ^ "TRI SCENARIJA ZA DANAŠNJU SJEDNICU". novilist.hr. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ "Scope and Rules of Procedure of the City Council". rijeka.hr. Retrieved 2017-05-09.